Variety reports that Jamie Bell (TURN: Washington’s Spies, The Adventures of Tintin) is currently in talks to star as songwriter Bernie Taupin for Paramount Pictures in the upcoming Elton John biopic Rocketman.
Jamie Bell joins a cast that so far only includes the Kingsman: The Golden Circle star Taron Egerton in the lead role of the legendary pop singer.
Production for Rocketman is slated to begin sometime this summer and is currently set for a May 17, 2019 release date.
Dexter Fletcher, who replaced Bryan Singer to wrap up Bohemian Rhapsody, will reunite with Egerton to direct Rocketman after previously directing the 28-year-old Welsh actor in the 2016 sports biopic Eddie the Eagle.